AUSTRALIAN LABOUR
(Australian Press Association) - SYDNEY, Oct. 30. During the progress of the last Watersiders’ strike, the late Bruce Government ..instituted a system of Licensing of the, maritime workers, which system enalilecKthe shipping companies t.o weed out those, workers that they considered .undesirables. . ~ The, Scullin Labour Government has now sanctioned the abolition of, this licensing system, under which a large number .of volunteer workers have maintained their, jobs on the water- , fro nt. . TIMBER STRIKE, LEADERS STOPS THE: PROSECUTION,
:• 7" . SYDNEY, ' Oct. 30.;. The trial of Jock Garden, Reeve, and others, charged witn conspiracy to molest and intimidate free labourers in connection with the timber workers’ strike, concluded abruptly at the Criminal Court to-day.
The Foreman of the jury announced that the jury was of the opinion that ..there was not. sufficient eviden.ee to warrant a conviction. Tlie whole of the men were, then acquitted and discharged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1929, Page 6
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147AUSTRALIAN LABOUR Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1929, Page 6
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